Thomas Newton Pearson

Death by Force

In the small town of Hoffman, Oklahoma, a lawman by the name of Thomas Newton Pearson met a violent and untimely end. A Deputy Sheriff, Pearson was 43 years old at the time of his death. On June 13, 1909, he approached a man near the railroad depot with the intention of serving a warrant for his arrest.

What began as a routine duty quickly escalated into a desperate struggle. The man resisted, and the two became entangled in a fight for control of Deputy Pearson's service revolver. In a q ...Read More

Deputy Sheriff Thomas Newton Pearson

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